Doc.B's Nature Blog
Wildlife Observations in S.Spain
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Unless you are a Jimi Hendrix fan you wouldnt understand!!.Yesterday it did rain and was pretty grim,there were interludes with a little sun and the somewnat heavy showers never lasted long so no flooding locally.However,most bird activity was knocked on the head apart from a few hardy souls!!. An early Spanish breakfast with our usual…
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Dont ask me how but completely missed posting the moths of Thursday 13th.Trapped 38 moths comprising 24 Species,a pretty reasonable catch for this time of year.As our winter draws in we can expect less and less as a lot of moths are past their flight periods. It was a good mix of species and nothing…
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It seemed a good move to go birding on Wednesday,clear blue skies,warm Autumnal sunshine,as looking at the radar weather charts yesterday,we needed to be building another Noah’s Ark!!.It was a really grim Welsh day here,total cloud cover,with some light steady rain in the afternoon,but the cold fronts coming in from the Atlantic looked ominous. Even…
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Before some rainy weather set in decided to spend a morning birding just locally yesterday 12th.,just 4 hours and back home for lunch.As we set off noted around the urbanisations Collared Dove,a male Blackbird and Black Redstart. On our way up to the hilltop village of Casares stopped on the Sierra Utrera which is one…
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Well .,it was pretty chilly at 6.00 when I started to empty the 3 moths traps,no Geckos or Oriental Hornets thank goodness and surprisingly a good number of micro moths. Beet Webworm Spoladea recurvalis.Never trap many of these and then only 1 in a session.A well marked Crambid moth Cabbage Webworm Hellula undalis.A beautifully marked…
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Well,I have taken a pretty rubbish panoramic view from my outside balcony to give you all a sense of what I can see.In front are some reeds,very healthy,showing there is some water somewhere below ground,I have found if you crop and zoom in the very distance straight ahead are the montes de Gaucin.Gaucin is a…
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Well,I found you a picture of a recently deceased Oriental Hornet (Vespa orientalis).,very distinctive plumage Going back to yesterday,it was a stunning Autumnal day,really cool before 1st.light when emptying the moth traps but reached 26 degrees by 2 p.m.in the sun. Too much time spent yesterday at 2 private health clinics and 2 visits to…
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A few days ago I received a mail from our ringing group coordinator sharing a news/statement from SEO BIRDLIFE regarding the critical situation we are experiencing due to avian flu.,which is severley impacting the European population of Common Cranes and other waterfowl.We all know how the UK has suffered recently with large nos.of Gannets and…
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Well,last night put out the usual 3 Heath Moth traps on my balconies at Duquesa Fairways.Weather conditions appeared pretty good as the wind abated,the only downside was that it was getting much cooler now.Well alarm went off at right time at last so went out on front balcony overlooking the golf course expecting plenty of…
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Well,I dont possess a fancy camera with enormous lenses so there will be very few photo records of the bird sightings unless something sits on the fence below our balcony overlooking the golf course, I am attempting to input all my sightings of whatever wildlife I come across,whether its birds,moths, butterflies, insects,flowers,or even weird things…
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